The book is also a scrapbook of their life in Italy they now split their time between Bramasole and the Bay Area complete with evocative pictures of dining al fresco with Italian friends, scrumptious sounding recipes and a section on Tuscan wines and stories about growing olives and bottling estate olive oil. Writing with her husband Edward, this time Mayes explores historic renovation (the couple has now tackled abandoned Tuscan farmhouse number two), decorating, gardening, cooking and any other home-related subject her magpie mind alights on. Her latest book, Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy, is another astutely observed memoir about life alla Italiana. Ever since she decided to buy the rundown farmhouse Bramasole and document her adventures in Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes has turned a twist of fate into a one-woman promotional machine for la dolce vita.
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